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Always College Football with Greg McElroy

1-on-1 with Jon Sumrall + Notre Dame, Penn State & Oregon questions | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

3.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

New Florida Gators head coach Jon Sumrall joins Greg McElroy to discuss the message he is sending to his players and Gator nation, the portal class that was brought in, what the staff learned this spring, how the QB competition is shaping up, the partnership with Brad White and when he will know that the Gators are back. Plus, McElroy looks at the spring wrap up for Notre Dame, Oregon, Penn State and North Carolina and gives you one thing to watch for.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I don't shy away from the expectations of this place.

0:32.6

I don't want to like talk down to this team or this fan base of like, hey, it's okay to be average.

0:39.0

It's not.

0:39.8

Like mediocrity is not acceptable.

0:41.7

And so we have a lot of work to do to get to where I want us to go.

0:50.2

Hello and welcome in.

0:51.3

It's always college football.

0:52.6

I'm your host Greg McElroy.

0:54.1

Looking forward to being with you here today. John Sommerall will join us. He's our guest. A pretty good start to his head coaching career. This is his third spot, but I'd say 43 and 11 as an FBS head coach is pretty sporty. I'd say getting to the conference championship games in all four of his seasons as

1:11.7

a head coach is pretty good. And when 80% of your games, not bad. He's only the fourth best

1:16.6

active head coach in the FBS behind Kurt Signetti. Excuse me, behind Ryan Day, Dan Lannning and

1:23.8

Kirby Smart, and just slightly ahead of Kurt Signetti, which is crazy, by the way.

1:27.6

I thought for sure Kurtzetti would be like one of the top fives. So he is a man that shows up

1:32.8

at your program with a crowbar and a clipboard and leaves two years later. Well, doesn't leave two years

1:39.1

later. But fast forward two years, he's holding a conference championship trophy. Did it Troy,

1:43.7

did it Tulane.

1:44.6

Now he's doing the same blueprint at the University of Florida.

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